As expected, Ben Warren returns full-time to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital in Season 21, while Jason George returns in Grey’s Anatomy after the completion of the fire department spin-off Station 19.
But it sounds like this anesthesiologist turned surgeon turned firefighter turned surgeon won’t just stick with his job right away as he now faces another career turn.
“We’ll see Ben come back into the fold,” teased showrunner Meg Marinis during Grey’s Anatomy20th anniversary celebration at D23 on Saturday, August 10th, by Deadline“It will not be an easy journey for him, but we are happy to have him back with us in the Grey Sloan area.”
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News from George’s Grey’s Return broke in June, weeks after Station 19 ended its seven-year run amid a head-scratching cancellation. But fans saw the news coming, as the Station 19 In the finale, Ben hung up the fire hose, so to speak, and picked up the stethoscope.
And for the actor – a series regular in Grey’s from season 12 to 14 – the surgical comeback also makes sense, since Ben was married to Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), one of the two original Grey’sCharacters who still appear full-time in the series.
“Whether it’s the Ben-Bailey family or the whole Grey’s Family, that’s home, you know what I mean?” said George People in June. “And it just feels good to be going home. I just texted Debbie Allen and Megan (the executive producer and Catherine Fox actress) and said, ‘Yo, I’m glad to be home.’ And Debbie said, ‘You guys need to go home where you belong.’ Because Debbie Allen says things like that and you listen.”
At D23 on Saturday, Marinis also spoke more generally about Season 21, saying that the September 26 premiere will pick up more or less where the Season 20 cliffhanger left off.
“I like to make our characters as messy as possible in the finale, and I think we did that pretty well,” she said. “We have doctors who lost their jobs, and we pick up pretty much where we left off after the finale. We’ll see how and if those doctors get their jobs back.”
Grey’s Anatomy Season 21 premiere, September 26, 10/9c, ABC
